Mine detail: Mirabel

Previously called 'BradfordGreat Eastern'

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Location: Lake County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.69988, -122.60218
dep_id: 10040796
mrds_id: M055669
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar
gangue: Chalcedony, Dolomite, Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR, PIPES
work_type: Underground
alteration: Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine, Kaolinization Of Sediments
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Solutions
ore_ctrl: Lithologic Contacts, Local Fracturing.
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_unit: Franciscan Complex
hrock_type: Serpentinite,Clastic Sedimentary Rock
arock_unit: Franciscan Complex
arock_type: Greenstone
Structure: Mayacmas Anticline Trending Nw, Local Fractures, Serpentine - Sediment Contact
Year first produced: 1887
disc_yr: 1875
References:
  • Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252
  • Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
  • Deposit:: YATES, R. G. AND HILPERT, L. S., 1946, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE EASTERN MAYACMAS DISTRICT, LAKE AND NAPA COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 42, P. 231 - 286
  • Deposit:: AVERILL, C.V., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF LAKE COUNTY, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 43, P. 15-38
  • Deposit:: 5) BRADLEY, W.W., 1918 QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.
  • Deposit:: 6) RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-558
  • Deposit:: 7) ROSS, C.P., 1940, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE MAYACMAS AND SULFUR BANK DISTRICTS, CALIF.: USGS BULL. 922-B, P. 327-353
  • Production:: USBM DATA
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